BankUnited - BKU Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BankUnited in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings and 3 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" BKU shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BKU, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for BankUnited's shares. Their BKU share price forecasts range from $25.00 to $51.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $39.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 69.8% from the stock's current price.
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BankUnited's stock was trading at $33.97 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BKU stock has decreased by 32.0% and is now trading at $23.11.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 20th 2023.
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BankUnited, Inc. (NYSE:BKU) posted its earnings results on Thursday, January, 19th. The financial services provider reported $0.82 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.29. The financial services provider earned $269.88 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $268.41 million. BankUnited had a net margin of 21.78% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.08%.

BankUnited announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 23rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.27 per share on Friday, April 28th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 11th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25.
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ETFs with the largest weight of BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) stock in their portfolio include Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF (KBWR), SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE), Invesco S&P SmallCap Financials ETF (PSCF), Direxion Daily Regional Banks Bull 3x Shares (DPST), ETC 6 Meridian Small Cap Equity ETF (SIXS), Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (VIOV) and Convergence Long/Short Equity ETF (CLSE).

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.45%. BKU has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 28.17%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BKU will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.53% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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18 employees have rated BankUnited Chief Executive Officer Raj Singh on Glassdoor.com. Raj Singh has an approval rating of 62% among the company's employees. This puts Raj Singh in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BankUnited investors own include Citigroup (C), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Boeing (BA), General Motors (GM), Intel (INTC), KeyCorp (KEY), AT&T (T), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Bank of America (BAC).

BankUnited trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BKU."

BankUnited's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (8.84%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.15%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (4.36%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.37%), American Century Companies Inc. (3.29%) and Neuberger Berman Group LLC (2.34%). Insiders that own company stock include A Gail Prudenti, Douglas J Pauls, Douglas J Pauls, Jay D Richards, John N Digiacomo, Kevin A Malcolm, Leslie Lunak, Rajinder P Singh and Sanjiv Sobti.
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Shares of BKU stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of BKU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.11.

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) has a market capitalization of $1.73 billion and generates $1.31 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $284.97 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.55 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,636 workers across the globe.

BankUnited's mailing address is 14817 OAK LANE, MIAMI LAKES FL, 33016. The official website for the company is www.bankunited.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (877) 779-2265, via email at llunak@bankunited.com, or via fax at 305-569-2019.